Wales remains the only UK nation not to have commissioned a review of its children's social care services after the Welsh Government resisted calls to do so following the inquiry into Logan Mwangi's murder Deputy minister for social services Julie...

Story updated December Just over social workers have been removed from the register despite paying the fee and meeting continuing professional development CPD requirements in this year's renewal round Social Work England released the figure after...

Cafcass staff are being quizzed on their readiness to take industrial action after union leaders rejected a pay offer for - Napo and UNISON have sent out consultative ballots to their members -- including social workers who practise as...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt This article is a practice reflection of a social worker working with recent older refugees in Vancouver Canada Using an intersectionality lens she will refer to four service areas to explain how recent older refugees can fall through the cracks She will propose recommendations on practice at different levels...

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International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt This article describes the current status of social work field education in the United Arab Emirates Using a case study approach the authors explore field education differences and commonalities between two federal higher education institutions Although nascent United Arab Emirate professional organizations have been established or are in the process of being established The authors call for further development of field guidelines and standards of practice...

Stoke-on-Trent has shed its 'inadequate' status with Ofsted praising its co-ordinated and relentless drive to improve children's experiences despite pandemic hardships The council came under government intervention in after an inspection found children were not being protected cases were...

Story updated December Almost social workers will no longer be able to in practise in England because they did not renew their registration this year according to provisional figures The number marks an increase on last...

The Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board ASGLB will close this month the Department for Education has confirmed The DfE said it was considering the creation of new structures to deliver on the recommendations of the Independent Review of Children's...

The number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in care has grown by over the past year driving the latest increase in the care population Department for Education's DfE statistics on looked-after children in England released earlier this month showed the...